INDUSTRY: Broad Base for Mobilization

Ever since Engine Charlie Wilson moved in
as Defense Secretary, there has been talk that the Truman
Administration's policy of a broad industrial base for defense
mobilization would be abandoned. But this week, with the approval of
Wilson, Defense Mobilization Director Arthur S. Flemming reaffirmed the
policy.

The new statement of policy calls for setting up of stand-by production
lines, but without actual volume production of anything that would be
easy to make when needed. Capacity will be expanded for some materials
which are hard to produce and which require long lead time to reach
full output. However, the Administration will...